Anchuca, a Choctaw Indian word meaning "happy home,"
is one of the most significant antebellum homes in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this impressive
Greek Revival landmark represents the first columned mansion in Vicksburg
and the first historic home to become one of Mississippi's finest
bed and breakfast inns. Surrounded by stately live oaks and located
in the heart of Vicksburg's Historic District, Anchuca was built in
1830 by local politician J. W. Mauldin. In 1847, Victor Wilson, a
local coal and ice merchant added the columned front and the two-story
dependency in back. Standing proud through the Siege of Vicksburg
in 1863, the house was put into service providing shelter for those
who had suffered severely through the War.